gala · uncover, reveal; exile

What it means

gala (גָּלָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “uncover, reveal; exile”.

Uncover, lay bare; be exposed. Also reveal something; and go into exile.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To remove what covers, leaving something in view.
2. To make known, show openly.
3. To be taken away from one's own land, or deport others.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

To uncover, lay bare; to be exposed, to reveal oneself; and from there, to go into exile. BDB: to uncover, lay bare; also to go or carry into exile; and to reveal.

• “You shall not uncover … nakedness” Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 20:11
• To uncover, to open Ruth 3:7Psalms 119:18
• To reveal oneself: YHWH “revealed himself to Samuel” 1 Samuel 3:21
• To go into exile 2 Kings 17:6Amos 7:11

How we translate it

“Exile” 37 times, “carried into exile” 27, “uncover” 28, “uncovered” 28, “will surely go into exile” 6, “revealed himself” 3… In Leviticus 18 the expression גִּלָּה עֶרְוָה is always translated “uncover the nakedness”, as the Hebrew says, with a note at 18:6 explaining its sense. “Uncovering the ear” is translated “make known”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• exile ×37
• uncover ×28
• uncovered ×28
• carried into exile ×27
• will surely go into exile ×6
• he uncovers ×4
• been revealed ×3
• open ×3
• revealed himself ×3
• I have laid open ×2
• others ×45

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Leviticus×24
• Numbers×3
• Deuteronomy×3
• Judges×1
• Ruth×3
• 1 Samuel×15
• 2 Samuel×6
• 2 Kings×14
• 1 Chronicles×7
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Esther×5
• Job×8
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×7
• Isaiah×17
• Jeremiah×26
• Lamentations×4
• Ezekiel×14
• Daniel×1
• Hosea×3
• Amos×12
• Micah×2
• Nahum×2

• Genesis 9:21

  And he drank of the wine and became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

• Genesis 35:7

  He built there an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there Elohim had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

• Exodus 20:26

  And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness may not be exposed on it.’ ”

• Leviticus 18:6

  None of you shall approach any close relative to uncover nakedness. I am YHWH.

• Leviticus 18:7

  The nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover; she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

• Leviticus 18:8

  The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is the nakedness of your father.

• Leviticus 18:9

  The nakedness of your sister, daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, born at home or born outside, you shall not uncover their nakedness.

• Leviticus 18:10

  The nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter you shall not uncover their nakedness, for they are your own nakedness.

• Leviticus 18:11

  The nakedness of the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

• Leviticus 18:12

  The nakedness of your father’s sister you shall not uncover; she is a close relative of your father.

• Leviticus 18:13

  The nakedness of your mother’s sister you shall not uncover, for she is a close relative of your mother.

• Leviticus 18:14

  The nakedness of your father’s brother you shall not uncover: you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

• Leviticus 18:15

  The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you shall not uncover; she is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

• Leviticus 18:16

  The nakedness of your brother’s wife you shall not uncover; it is the nakedness of your brother.

• Leviticus 18:17

  The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover; you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are close relatives; it is infamy.

• Leviticus 18:18

  And you shall not take a woman in addition to her sister as a rival, uncovering her nakedness besides her while she is alive.

• Leviticus 18:19

  And you shall not approach a woman during the menstruation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

• Leviticus 20:11

  And a man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.

• Leviticus 20:17

  And a man who takes his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

• Leviticus 20:18

  And a man who lies with a woman in her sickness and uncovers her nakedness has laid bare her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

• Leviticus 20:19

  And the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister you shall not uncover, for that is laying bare one’s own close relative; they shall bear their iniquity.

• Leviticus 20:20

  And a man who lies with his aunt has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

• Leviticus 20:21

  And a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

• Numbers 22:31

  Then YHWH uncovered the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of YHWH standing in the road, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face.

• Numbers 24:4

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Numbers 24:16

  the oracle of him who hears the words of El, and knows the knowledge of Elyon, who sees the vision of Shaddai, fallen down and with eyes uncovered:

• Deuteronomy 22:30

  A man shall not take his father’s wife, and he shall not uncover the edge of his father’s garment.

• Deuteronomy 27:20

  ‘Cursed be he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered the edge of the garment of his father.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Deuteronomy 29:29

  The hidden things belong to YHWH our Elohim, but the revealed things belong to us and to our sons forever, to do all the words of this instruction.

• Judges 18:30

  And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the carved image; and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.

• Ruth 3:4

  And when he lies down, take note of the place where he lies; then go in, uncover his feet, and lie down; and he will tell you what you are to do.”

• Ruth 3:7

  Boaz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he went to lie down at the end of the heap. Then she came quietly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.

• Ruth 4:4

  And I said to myself: I will let you know, saying, ‘Acquire it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem, redeem; but if one does not redeem, tell me, so that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem, and I am after you.’” And he said, “I will redeem.”

• 1 Samuel 2:27

  A man of Elohim came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says YHWH: Did I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, in the house of Pharaoh?

• 1 Samuel 3:7

  Now Samuel did not yet know YHWH, and the word of YHWH had not yet been revealed to him.

• 1 Samuel 3:21

  And YHWH appeared again at Shiloh, for YHWH revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of YHWH.

• 1 Samuel 4:21

  And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has gone into exile from Israel,” because the ark of Elohim had been taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

• 1 Samuel 4:22

  And she said, “The glory has gone into exile from Israel, for the ark of Elohim has been taken.”

• 1 Samuel 9:15

  Now YHWH had made known to Samuel, one day before Saul came, saying,

• 1 Samuel 14:8

  Jonathan said, “Look, we are crossing over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.

And 146 more times.